Deadline passes for Trump to ask Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship ruling
Also reported by The Hill
Summary
The deadline has passed for President Donald Trump’s administration to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision rejecting his birthright citizenship restrictions. No new request was filed, making it unlikely the court will change its 6-3 ruling against the president’s executive order.Key Facts
- President Trump issued an executive order to restrict birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents living illegally or temporarily.
- The Supreme Court struck down this order in a 6-3 decision in June 2026.
- Three justices supported Trump’s plan, and one justice agreed with the plan’s constitutionality but found it violated federal law.
- Several lower courts had already blocked the order before it reached the Supreme Court.
- President Trump announced he would seek a Supreme Court rehearing shortly after the ruling.
- The 25-day deadline for submitting a rehearing petition passed with no new filing from the Trump administration.
- The Supreme Court rarely agrees to rehear cases, having last done so in 1965.
- A rehearing would require at least one justice to change their vote and a majority of the justices to agree.
